Listen "A Table for All? "
Episode Synopsis
At the FARM Café in Boone, North Carolina, diners can pay $10 for meal—or they can pay nothing. The restaurant, one of dozens of its kind, follows a pay-what-you-can model. Guests can dine regardless of their finances. It's an attempt to address food insecurity.
While some have dismissed these restaurants as limited-scale, feel-good attempts to address serious hunger issues, the cafés do foster a sense of community.
Irina Zhorov reported and produced this episode.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
While some have dismissed these restaurants as limited-scale, feel-good attempts to address serious hunger issues, the cafés do foster a sense of community.
Irina Zhorov reported and produced this episode.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More episodes of the podcast Gravy
Tending: A Preview
10/10/2025
Southern Cooking Comes to Portugal
10/09/2025
We Sure Eat Good When Someone Dies
27/08/2025
Culinary Characters Unlocked: Marisa Baggett
06/08/2025
Planting it Forward in Houston
30/07/2025
What's Brewing in Memphis?
16/07/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.